Franz Bartl (January 7, 1915 – July 12, 1941) was an
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...
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field handball
Field handball (also known as outdoor handball or grass handball) was a form of what is now handball and was played at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin.
The sport is played on a grass field (similar to an association football field) between l ...
player who competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Austrian field handball team, which won the silver medal. He played three matches.
He was killed in action during
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...
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1915 births
1941 deaths
Austrian male handball players
Field handball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic handball players of Austria
Olympic silver medalists for Austria
Olympic medalists in handball
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Austrian military personnel killed in World War II
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